{"id":244877,"date":"2026-05-27T06:58:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244877\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:58:29","slug":"the-wright-deal-for-the-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/244877\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wright Deal for the Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nobody could have predicted the breakout. In 33 games with the Cowboys (2021-23) and the Vikings (2024), CB Nahshon Wright<\/a> had recorded 1 INT in 33 games over four seasons. Then last season with the Bears, Wright totaled 5 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries as his 8 takeaways led the NFL.<\/p>\n

In free agency, Wright (6-4, 199) signed a 1-year deal with the Jets that reportedly included $3.5 million guaranteed. In a recent ESPN.com article, Bill Barnwell called the Wright signing the Jets top move of the offseason so far.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes, players just need an opportunity,” Barnwell said. “Wright had bounced around with the Cowboys and Vikings and ended up getting a shot to start with the Bears only because of injuries to the players ahead of him. Given the chance, Wright delivered, picking off five passes and earning a Pro Bowl nod.”<\/p>\n

After spending most of the 2024 season on the Vikings’ practice squad, Wright appeared in 17 regular-season games with the Bears and made a career-high 16 starts. In addition to tying for the lead league for INTs among cornerbacks, Wright had 11 PDs, 2 FF and 80 tackles (56 solo). He was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for November after registering 5 takeaways in 5 games.<\/p>\n

“I think just the hard work that I put in, and then the tremendous coaching staff that they have over there in Chicago also helped me become the player I was and I am,” Wright said.<\/p>\n

Wright will compete at CB with the likes of Brandon Stephens<\/a> and Azareye’h Thomas<\/a> on the outside. The Jets also drafted Indiana CB D’Angelo Ponds<\/a> in the second round and the rookie has the ability to play nickel and outside while Jarvis Brownlee Jr.<\/a>, acquired from the Titans last September, also has some position flex although he played primarily the nickel in seven games last season while making 36 tackles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nobody could have predicted the breakout. In 33 games with the Cowboys (2021-23) and the Vikings (2024), CB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85,66048,9,12,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-244877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nahshon-wright","tag-new-york","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}